France told they have brought shame on the national jersey after their 2-0
defeat to Mexico on their second group match at the World Cup.

The manager of Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson is a visionary in putting his hand to the marvel that is Javier Hernandez and on Thursday night Les Blues understood why.

Under the eyes of Zinedine Zidane and Patrick Vieira, the heroes of 2006, their successors were showing their glaring lack of effectiveness and passivity and to make matters worse France will be without Jeremy Toulalan when they face South Africa.

When Andre-Pierre Gignac came on, Thierry Henry tucked himself back under his blanket – a sad state of affairs for the former captain. Domenech's reign is set to end in ridicule."

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Vincent Duchesne writes: "Outplayed by a beautiful Mexican side the French side all but bowed out in Polokwane. With one point in two matches, les Bleus have almost said adieu to a place in the knockout stages.

"France's fate is out of their hands. Underneath everything, Les Bleus simply feel to a team far stronger than them – a real team.

"Raymond Domenech dies with his ideas. With a 4-2-3-1 with not a single bit of inspiration and completely unbalanced. He was right to take Anelka off at the break and Govou 20 minutes from time but it was all too late to avoid the pending massacre. For the rest what else can you say? Just guess work, mistakes and a wats of technique."

Les Bleus are at the door of elimination after a 2-0 defeat to Mexico. The affairs of the French national side are becoming more and more complicated and they have only themselves to blame. Beaten by the Mexicans the Blues no longer hold their own destiny in their hands.

In the Peter Mokaba stadium Raymond Domenech's men were really not there. What emerges from this French side is a distinct sense of powerlessness. A mess. The biggest error being leaving Gourcuff out. People have campaigned for him to be set aside as not once has he shown his selection to be justified.

The team cohesion, as praised by Patrice Evra on the eve of the match was non-existent. Les Bleus retain slim hope of qualifying – they'll have to show something special to deserve it.!"

Les Bleus lost. Defender and captain Patrice Evra took stock and said: "We're not a great team on the field. I'm not going to say what went wrong I will discuss that with those concerned. I was frustrated against Uruguay because we had room to win and we were solid – this evening the same until half-time. there's nothing more to say other than this is a catastrophe."

Zinedine Zidane criticised certain decisions made by Raymond Domenech in particular that he left playmaker Gorcuff on the subs bench. "The coach has taken this decision, but I do not really agree with that," he said.

France coach in 1998 Aime Jacquet said: "Raymond Domenech is partly to blame. It's him who makes the decisions it was his project – it failed – so for him it's a failure. I also sincerely believe that there are players that must start asking themselves questions."